Raj Arumugam

Moonlight-Blessed - Poem by Raj Arumugam

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when I turned round the cornerwalking alone, walking lightthe moonlight spread over the open patchand the coiled snake twitched a littlestraightened quicklylooked at me, some proportion of surprise but mostly in lethargy

‘be at peace, snake, be at peace; I wish you no harm I shall go my way in peaceand so do you too’

and I walked on silently moonlight-blessed; and the gentle snake glided away moonlight-blessed